Urography inf drip &/or bolus at Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 North Randall Road, Elgin, IL · Advocate Health · · NPI 1629026364
$615.00
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,230.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$174.00 with United Healthcare Charter vs $1,107.00 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare Charter | Commercial | $174.00 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare Core Navigate | Commercial | $193.00 | ↓ -69% |
| United Healthcare Nexus | Commercial | $195.00 | ↓ -68% |
| United Healthcare | HMO | $220.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $269.08 | ↓ -56% |
| Ambetter | Medicare Advantage | $269.08 | ↓ -56% |
| Oscar Health HMO | Medicare Advantage | $278.36 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Chicago | Commercial | $305.30 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Choice | Commercial | $329.89 | ↓ -46% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $347.26 | ↓ -44% |
| HSTechnology | Medicare Advantage | $356.30 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $393.68 | ↓ -36% |
| Advocate Employee | Commercial | $484.62 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna One Health | Commercial | $534.15 | ↓ -13% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $534.15 | ↓ -13% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Precision | Managed Care | $703.56 | ↑ +14% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $717.09 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Healthcare Systems | Commercial | $996.30 | ↑ +62% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,107.00 | ↑ +80% |
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Urography inf drip &/or bolus at other Illinois hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline | Rock Island | $264.80 | $21.46 – $174.44 |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge | Park Ridge | $615.00 | $220.00 – $984.00 |
| Advocate Trinity Hospital | Chicago | $615.00 | $220.00 – $984.00 |
| Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) | Chicago | $371.58 | $132.01 – $1,100.09 |
| MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center | Silvis | not published | $114.38 – $278.36 |
| MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center | Aledo | not published | $178.02 – $309.76 |
| Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale | Hinsdale | not published | $131.39 – $304.50 |
| Advocate Christ Medical Center | Oak Lawn | not published | $269.08 – $720.98 |